Uses of male papaya flowers

Male papaya flowers are a medicinal herb with many health benefits. Dan Tri newspaper quoted Traditional Medicine Practitioner Phung Tuan Giang - President of the Vietnam Institute for Research and Development of Traditional Medicine as saying that papaya flowers are also used in many traditional therapies to treat malaria, jaundice, joint pain, cough, cold, fever and viral infections. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the phytochemical components of papaya flowers, which are traditionally used to treat many diseases.

In the present study, secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, steroids and tannins were detected in different papaya flower extracts. Alkaloids are a class of nitrogenous compounds and more than 10,000 alkaloids are known to be produced by plants.

About 8,000 flavonoids have been reported from various plant species. They play important roles in stimulation, protection, flavoring and pigmentation. Flavonoids have anti-allergic, anti-cancer, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties.

Saponins are a large group of glycosides with foaming properties. Saponins are known to have antibacterial, antimalarial, antiallergic, antidiabetic, insecticidal, and anti-inflammatory properties.

Tannins are a complex of polyphenolic compounds synthesized by plants. Tannins are also reported to have antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, and anti-inflammatory activities.

The presence of all these compounds in papaya flowers highlights the importance of papaya flowers in the treatment of various diseases. Ethnic communities are aware of the health benefits of papaya flowers as they are using it in many ethno-medicinal preparations.

Papaya flowers also contain vitamins like thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), ascorbic acid (C) and contain minerals like calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, cadmium, cobalt, lead, iron, potassium and sodium.

Uses of black tea

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Physician Bui Dac Sang - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association as saying that black tea is also known as Bach Giai tree, Bach Van Hoa tree, Dong Trieu tree, Don La Tea tree or "cancer" tree (Muong ethnic group, Vietnam). Black tea has the scientific name Ehretia asperula Zoll. & Mor.

Xạ đen is a medicinal herb that prevents and supports the treatment of a number of diseases such as helping the body cool down and detoxify, supporting the treatment of inflammatory diseases, diabetes, fatty blood, used in pain relief, and increasing the body's resistance.

The common health benefits of black tea have been proven as follows:

– Support for tumor treatment: In black tea contains 2 compounds fanavolnoid and quinone which have the effect of liquefying dysplastic cells. These two drugs help slow down the growth of tumors when they first form. There are some scientific studies proving the effect of preventing and supporting the treatment of tumors. However, everything is still in the research stage.

– Support treatment of high blood pressure: Xạ đen helps regulate unstable blood pressure. Using xạ đen to support treatment of high blood pressure is also very simple, just boil xạ đen leaves with water to drink every day, or make tea to drink every day.

– Support treatment of fatty blood, fatty liver: Using black xạ is good for people with fatty blood, proven by research from the Military Medical Academy. Using water boiled from this medicinal herb every day, the condition of fatty blood or fat in the liver is improved quite well.

– Improve sleep, treat nervous breakdown: The black xạ plant has a slightly astringent, bitter taste and a cold nature, which is very effective for people with frequent insomnia due to nervous breakdown or anemia (yin deficiency and excess fire according to oriental medicine). In addition, it helps increase blood circulation to the brain, helping to treat dizziness.

A combination of black xạ and male papaya flower

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Traditional Medicine Practitioner Tran Dang Tai - Vice President of the Oriental Medicine Association of Thai Hoa town - Nghe An province, instructing on the medicine combining black xạ and male papaya flower as follows:

• 35 grams of dried black leaf. If using fresh leaves, prepare 80 grams.
• 25 grams of dried male papaya flowers. If using fresh flowers, you will need 50 grams.
• 20 grams of dried horsetail.

Boil the medicine to get the water to drink every day. Maintain continuously for 6 months then stop to evaluate the effectiveness. During the use, you must drink regularly. Note, the use of medicine requires an assessment of the disease situation and monitoring by an experienced physician and certified by a state management agency.

Ha An (Synthesis)